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All the ideas for 'Hobbes', 'The Trouble with Possible Worlds' and 'Formal and Transcendental Logic'

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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

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Maybe Ockham's Razor is a purely aesthetic principle [Lycan]

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The Razor seems irrelevant for Meinongians, who allow absolutely everything to exist [Lycan]

5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 1. Ontology of Logic

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Logicians presuppose a world, and ignore logic/world connections, so their logic is impure [Husserl, by Velarde-Mayol]

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Phenomenology grounds logic in subjective experience [Husserl, by Velarde-Mayol]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 1. Foundations for Mathematics

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Pure mathematics is the relations between all possible objects, and is thus formal ontology [Husserl, by Velarde-Mayol]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 4. Impossible objects

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Maybe non-existent objects are sets of properties [Lycan]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

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Treating possible worlds as mental needs more actual mental events [Lycan]

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Possible worlds must be made of intensional objects like propositions or properties [Lycan]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / c. Worlds as propositions

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If 'worlds' are sentences, and possibility their consistency, consistency may rely on possibility [Lycan]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism

7413	Without confidence in our beliefs, how should we actually live? [Tuck]